Ohio Proposed Legislation to Open Records of Adoptees Born From 1964 to 1996

See Adoption Equity Ohio for all the information. Senate Bill 23 and House Bill 61 were introduced on February 12, 2013.

According to Adoption Equity Ohio, “The bills will allow:

• Ohio adoptees adopted 1964 to 1996 access to their Original Birth Certificate upon request at age 18, starting one year from bill passage date.
• Ohio birthparents to file a Contact Preference Form specifying if and how they would like contact.
• Ohio birthparents to complete and put on file an updated medical history for the adoptee”

Their website has a nice summary of adoption myths and a description of the history of the three-tiered birth certificate access system that is currently in place. Scroll to the middle of the home page to access the summary and description pdfs.

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